Latest News Articles by Dom Walbanke
Taxidermy of extinct New Zealand birds set to fly at auction
16 July 2024A display of huia birds from New Zealand will find its way to Moreton-in-Marsh on July 25
Movers & Shakers: the latest art and antiques appointments including a shake-up in Sotheby's fine art team
15 July 2024Changes to Sotheby's Global Fine Art leadership team feature among the latest recruitment, promotions and business updates
Magpie picked up FA Cup winner's medal in 1924
15 July 2024An FA Cup winner’s medal belonging to a Newcastle United goalkeeper who won the trophy with the Magpies 100 years ago sold for £7800 on June 27.
Sketches by a teen future queen Victoria
15 July 2024An album of drawings including sketches by a teenage Queen Victoria (1819-1901) hammered down for £3200 (plus 26% buyer’s premium) at Roseberys on July 9, bettering the estimate of £1500-2500.
Gold medal sold at auction marks GB football success in 1908 Olympics
15 July 2024The 1908 Olympic Games in London included duels with wax bullets, tug of war and the world’s oldest Olympic champion.
More Suffragette hunger strike medals appear at auction
15 July 2024A medal awarded to a Suffragette for going on hunger strike hammered down for £17,000 on June 7 at Bonhams (plus 28% buyer’s premium).
Charity sales: should buyer’s premium be charged?
15 July 2024Bonhams has clarified its stance on buyer’s premium charged for charity sales after a dealer claimed the firm benefited from fees in a recent auction.
Clarice Cliff on offer in single-owner collection
15 July 2024A single-owner collection of Clarice Cliff (1899-1972) ceramics will be appearing at Anderson & Garland on July 23-24 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
‘Holy grail’ Sex Pistols single makes record
12 July 2024Rare copy of the most censored record in British history sells at Wiltshire auction
Teenage Princess Victoria’s sketches fetch £3200
11 July 2024Four drawings by the future monarch found their way into an album perhaps assembled by her portrait artist's daughter-in-law
Pistols Napoleon wanted to use on himself make £1.4m
09 July 2024The pistols were presented by Napoleon to his friend and Grand Ecuyer Armand de Caulaincourt to thank him for his loyalty
Single owner Clarice Cliff collection comes to Anderson & Garland
08 July 2024The collection features numerous rare designs of one of the 20th century's most influential ceramic artists.
Elvis Presley’s blue suede shoes make £95,000 at auction
05 July 2024The size 10½ shoes were worn on the Steve Allen Show in 1956 and carried an estimate of £100,000-120,000.
Bidders go mad for Freddie Mercury’s winkle-picker shoes
04 July 2024The black leather lace-up shoes with pointed toes worn for 1991 music video ‘I’m Going Slightly Mad’.
Princess Diana clothes given royal send-off at Beverly Hills auction
03 July 2024In what was the largest curated collection of her personal items since 1997, dresses, hats, shoes and personal letters were all up for grabs at Julien’s.
Newcastle United FA Cup winner’s medal sells for £7800
03 July 2024The medal which was awarded 100 years ago was sold at Newcastle auction house Anderson & Garland
Soldier’s watercolour of First World War battle to appear at auction
02 July 2024Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly’s observations of the Battle of Loos appears at Parker Fine Art Auctions
Henry VIII's six wives: exploring the jewels they wore
01 July 2024Fellows Auctioneers will be hosting an event at the National Portrait Gallery on July 12 exploring the jewellery of Henry VIII’s six wives.
First Folio finds new home in a ‘subversive adult Disneyland’
01 July 2024A rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio which was sold by London rare book dealer Peter Harrington last year has debuted at its new home, the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania, Australia.
Shakespeare’s First Folio lands in Tasmania
29 June 2024London rare book dealer Peter Harrington sold the copy to an edgy Australian museum